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What I've been up to

2012-01-02T15:37:00.001-08:00

I've been super busy with work and life and not having a life and everything lately, but I think I'm overdue for a blog update. Lately I've been trying my hand at doing Munnys; they're a sort of vinyl toy people customize. Real cool. I've also gotten back into sculpting and tried making my own Destroyer Buff Monster along with some friends from work =D. Will update again once I've got more progress on it.
I also feel I should change the layout of my blog. The cartoony colors are starting to bother me...Any suggestions?

This morning I ate a Bagel

2011-09-02T07:53:00.001-07:00

And it was delicious. Sorry for the MIA. I've recently moved to Montreal to work at a gaming studio as a 2D Artist/Character Designer. I absolutely love my job and it's everything I thought it would be =D. Here are a few doodles I've done a while ago but just didn't have the time to up till now. Busy busy! The top one is a witch and the bottom ones are just dogs I've seen in my neighbourhood. Col erase.

LIKE A BUTTERFLY!

2011-06-27T21:09:00.000-07:00

Exactly 10 minutes ago it was my bestest pal Cathy's b-day! Drew this up for her =D. She really digs Jet Set Radio hahahaha. HAPPY B-DAY CATHY!!!

8D!

2011-06-19T10:15:00.000-07:00

This is my dog, his name is Browny. He is big and round and is the best est dog in the world. Yesterday someone in my neighborhood set off some fireworks and that scared the dog, so he hid under my bed. In order to get him out, we pretended that there was someone at the door, but instead of leaving the underbed, he just started barking in the direction of the door. My, Hero =D!

It's MINI-KNIGHT!

2011-05-09T19:47:00.000-07:00

I had this idea for a game where you play as a tiny knight who fights HUGE MONSTERS and all his attacks were UBER EEEEEPPPIC. Or something like that. The idea sounded awesome in my head....Tremble with fright! It's MINI-KNIGHT!

Off to find the Booty!

2011-05-09T15:38:00.001-07:00

A digital painting practice inspired by a series of events that both amuse and confuse me. It's further along than this right now, so I should be putting it up soon. Also, I went to TCAF over the weekend and got to meet one of my fave online artists, Tyson Hesse, author of http://boxerhockey.fireball20xl.com/ . You guys should check it out.

Don't Ask...

2011-04-28T04:39:00.000-07:00

Some stuff that was in my harddrive for a while. I never got around to finishing it. I blame the government and not my ADD. All random, well the first one was supposed to be a Christmas-inside-joke-card hahaha. I'M SORRY SENORITA!

Zoo Round 2!

2011-04-07T15:56:00.000-07:00

So, I was courteously invited to the first year's Zoo Trip by the wonderful Cathy. It was a lot of fun, and the animals were actually a bit more active. Still cleaning up some more, but these go up for now.

Uhhh

2011-03-20T19:03:00.000-07:00

There's no reason behind this other than I was home for more than 3 hours hahaha. He's a little unfinished, but we'll see how much progress I make on it when I have time.

Ink Dump

2011-03-20T09:29:00.001-07:00

Some doodles and random Ideas from my pocket sketch book. I'm putting this up as a reminder to myself for all the things I want to accomplish in the coming months. Not just art wise, but in general...wise hahaha. All ink =D

What did the Woodpecker say to the Mole?

2011-02-28T09:55:00.000-08:00

Trying my hand at some more TV-ish character designs. I'm torn between the bird's older design and this one, but I ended up finishing this one, so it gets to go up.

O_O

2011-02-28T09:51:00.001-08:00

My new Blog Banner. I woke up one morning and decided that I wanted to do this. Why owls? Really if you have to ask, then you really have no idea what's going on. Photoshop, and my IMAGINAAAATION OoO!

Garbage Takers

2011-02-23T11:51:00.001-08:00

Did this quickly the other day and forgot about it lol. Talking to a friend about raccoons and did these up. They take your garbage.... evil little critters. Photoshop.

Stick APP.

2011-01-23T18:41:00.000-08:00

Stick App from Darnell L.D. on Vimeo.

Stick APP Coloured from Darnell L.D. on Vimeo.

A short, Action Analysis I'm doing. It's sort of random, but at the moment I like it. Still lots of clean up to do. Flash for the animation, photoshop for the BG, SAI for the characters.

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Stop-Mo Short

2011-01-23T17:54:00.000-08:00

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Christmas Special from Darnell L.D. on Vimeo.

This is the animated short I worked on during my internship at Cuppa Coffee Studios in 3rd year. I know, it's a bit overdue, but I wanted to make sure I wasn't violating anything by putting it up now. I worked on most of the stages of development for this short (Lighting, Set/Props, Animating and Compositing). If you haven't seen It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, you should check it out.

One Step Forward.

2011-01-13T19:48:00.000-08:00

Cleaned up some cafe sketches in photoshop.

It's the Weirdest thing...

2011-01-13T19:29:00.000-08:00

I just suddenly stopped posting anything up here. Not a habit I want to kick. So these are...something. I thought them up while waiting for miss Cathy and miss Cintia at a Chapters. They're native american, or something.... Cleaned up with SAI and colored in photoshop.

The Faye

2010-11-18T07:32:00.000-08:00

I got this idea from watching Malcolm in the Middle....It was so random. Col Erase, Pit Oil clean up, the usual dish.

Muuuuuuuhhhrrmmmaaaaiiiids

2010-11-16T20:00:00.000-08:00

Just some quick photoshop doodles. Started off as random sketches while watching movies, and then I liked them enough to color.

Goth-ic-pro-ject

2010-11-14T17:53:00.001-08:00

Designs for a Story I came up with a while ago. It involves shadow monsters and evil spirits =D. Always a fun time. Col Erase, and Pit oil pencils.

In your Imagination, it can be Real!

2010-11-04T16:18:00.001-07:00

An old Idea i decided to try another pass at. A boy with too much imagination is bound to have an imaginary friend =D. Col Erase, Pit Oil, and Photoshop clean up. I randomely made a new brush and, although it wasn't what I had intended, the result was good =).

His name is Mr Morris

2010-10-30T19:06:00.001-07:00

And he is a Cat. Design for an animation I want to do in flash. Teaching myself tricks with the Bone tool. I love that thing. Based off Cathy's cat Morris. He has a facebook page. He is mighty >=D. Col Erase with pit oil finish. Pen for the doodles.

It was snowing in Ottawa

2010-10-29T17:40:00.000-07:00

So I went to the OIAF and walked through the first snow fall...... =(. Winter is coming. Fast. Lock up your women and children. This was another drawing done during one of my visits to the ROM. I didnt paint the other ones yet. I will eventually. Col erase with some pit oil topped with a creamy smooth photoshop finish.

Elorah Revisited

2010-10-29T17:26:00.001-07:00

Went through older sketchbooks and redid some ideas. This was a 4th year film idea I scrapped, but still liked =D. Changed the story a bit and retried the designs. Col erase with pit oil clean up. Colored in Photoshop.

Hey Laddeh!

2010-10-12T20:56:00.000-07:00

Today I visited some studios in Toronto. Bitcasters/Social Gaming Universe and Little Guy Games! Both places were a lot of fun and super informative. Got my art batteries recharged and decided to do this quickly while watching some TV. Total time is......under 45 min? hahaha. Col erase, marker, copics and my foxy brown paper sketchbook lol.

Super Sketch Dump

2010-10-10T15:21:00.000-07:00

Lots of stuff I found while cleaning up my harddrive. Liked them enough to post, but I don't think I will finish all of these for the time being. Some lifedrawings, concepts, and me nerding out a little lol.

Monkey Bussiness....for lack of a better title.

2010-10-03T20:28:00.001-07:00

Just a quick drawing I did when I was at the ROM a few days ago. Tried to design stuff based off the stuffed animals there. I have more, but not fully cleaned up yet. Col erase+Pit Oil+photoshop.

They all looked really bored...

2010-09-30T14:46:00.000-07:00

Went to the Zoo yesterday. Did a few sketches. Here's a few of the few that I did lol. Animals at the zoo look like they are about ready to lose their minds. Someone should throw them a party where they all run loose and stuff.....(no not really) Pencil and copics. I need to force myself to think more design when I draw from life, so I will mark this post as the start of this journey lol.

People Stalking. Part one of many.

2010-09-29T19:29:00.001-07:00

Been cafe sketching a lot. Here's a relatively small batch of what I've got. Will update soon. Trying to teach myself to color them more on the spot rather than in photoshop. Pencil. All glorious col erase pencil.

Lazy Afternoon

2010-09-27T21:37:00.000-07:00

Soooo, had the biggest artist block I've ever had today....couldn't think of anything worthwhile to do, and spend the day watching, reading stuff. Doodled these throughout the day, with a lot of breaks in between. I'd say total actual time spent on this would be a bit over an hour. Copics, pencils, markers and some photoshop to top it off. I like Siamese cats =D

Boys will Beeboys.

2010-09-23T19:57:00.001-07:00

An Old idea I cleaned up recently. I'm also trying to see how many puns I can sneak in here before someone shoots me point blanc. Not at all inspired by the K-OS song....I swear.... Pencil on pencil action.

La Chienne

2010-09-22T18:09:00.000-07:00

I thought that since the farmer have sheep, they should have a sheep dog. Right?....Logic. I couldn't decide on a color scheme for her so I just did a few. I'm currently designing some of the farm animals and it's a lot more fun then developing the main character right now haha. Sooo, pencil, and photoshop. Comments, criticisms and nice words all welcomed =D.

Fermiers

2010-09-19T14:10:00.000-07:00

These are secondary characters, the farmer and his wife (for that short that I am not actually doing, just conceptualizing lol) So the Idea was that this couple was terrorized by a fox who constantly killing their live stock. I'll draw up the main character in a bit. This is, photoshop and pencils. Clean up's a little rough, but I like it. Advice, comments, criticisms, all welcomed!

Le Renard

2010-08-22T20:39:00.001-07:00

Started doing some stuff for a short. Mostly doing the visual dev. for it. This is the antagonist. But he is also my favorite. So I drew him first lol. Pencil and photoshop =D.

Why is a Raven like a writing desk...?

2010-08-22T09:28:00.000-07:00

Some quick, unfinished artwork that I figured I'd share for the fun of it. My scanner destroyed the colors, but oh well. I'll repost this when I have better versions. Copics and pencils. Fun times =D

Another Fluffy Bunny

2010-06-15T15:47:00.000-07:00

I know, another one lol. This is my friend Fiona's bunny, Chekov. She's actually the sister of the previous bunny on the blog. Was asked to do this cuz the other one turned out nice. I like this one too. She isn't actually this color, Chekov is white, but I liked where it was going so I just went on with it =). Pencil and Copics and too much time on my hands.

It's only Stalking if they catch you

2010-06-03T23:58:00.000-07:00

So, did a little cafe sketching this last week. Basically tried to draw all over the place. Mall, friends' and even the pizza place where they serve really cheap and delicious pizzas. All done in pencil, color corrected a little in photoshop. =)

Someone gives a Hoot

2010-05-22T12:23:00.000-07:00

Ok, so anyone who knows me well has known that lately, I've been stricken with seeing owls EVERYWHERE. For several weeks straight, I had seen an owl in one way shape or form, and then nothing......Until I took a stroll on Lakeshore in downtown Oakville and saw a lot of them. I decided to finally just embrace the fact that these are now a part of my life. So, I drew a couple of them, and liked them enough to post =)

So FLUFFY!

2010-05-03T10:55:00.001-07:00

A few designs I did for Industry day. Based off my Girlfriend's pet rabbit, he's pretty interesting to observe lol. Pencil drawings cleaned up with marker and copics =) (Worse, marker high, EVER)

Elorah

2010-04-28T12:42:00.001-07:00

A revamp of an old Character I did for a 4th year film idea I had last year. Trying to do a more "feature" approach to it =l. Photoshop Cleanup.

Furs

2010-04-28T12:40:00.000-07:00

Quick and Fun Drawings I did one day during a boring lecture. Ended up taking the extra step and painting them too. Pencil+Photoshop=<3

Berti Thing....

2010-04-28T12:36:00.001-07:00

Berti is a combo between a bear and a Yeti......I didn't come up with the name. Pencil drawings painted in Photoshop. Was really fun to do =D

Paaaaarrasssssiiiiiite

2010-04-13T13:41:00.000-07:00

My flipbook Page for the animation Yearbook, flipbook thing. Was originally a sketch session theme that I really liked and pushed a bit further. I like this, colors turned out nice =)

Fun Fishing Times

2010-02-01T09:21:00.000-08:00

Some designs for a story I thought up over the winter break. Worked on them while taking time off from the film. Rough Sketches with photoshop paint added. The fish was all ink on paper =D

Soon, you will eat them for diner.

2010-01-04T17:43:00.000-08:00

Meh. Winterfair stuff.

Communal Trekking

2010-01-04T17:34:00.000-08:00

Over the break I decided that watching TV and Star Trek were far more productive ideas then working on my film. So in response the only art I was able to do was related to these things. On the left we have some sketches done from Community (a show written by the same people who did Arrested Development) and on the right some "what would my roommates look like as Star Trek characters" doodles.

Using your art for Evil.

2010-01-03T21:32:00.001-08:00

This was for pinecone class. Do yourself a favor and don't take pinecone class. Unless you're a nature loving, magic believing psychopath who thinks that they have control over the forces of the universe. Or an illustrator =)

Bleeegh

2009-12-24T11:14:00.000-08:00

Was tired of seeing the same old stuff, so here are some old new stuff! Concepts, doodles, unfinished color studies for my film. Tentative title is "SuperNacho".

Taking Out the Trash...Sort of.

2009-10-14T12:40:00.001-07:00

Some sketches and doodles from this summer and last year. I like doing these, it's fun. And nostalgic.

We won't stop until Somebody calls the Cops

2009-10-14T10:25:00.000-07:00

Some random avatars I made for a friend. Most of you already saw these on Facebook, but I figured I'd give them a home on my blog =).

Inuits is the proper term, not eskimos

2009-09-26T18:21:00.001-07:00

Kimoh The Inuit (Flash Animation) from Darnell L.D. on Vimeo.

After the First action analysis we had last year, I decide to tune my flash skills by trying out a second one. This was my first flash based animation, and I'm sorta proud of it I guess. So, again, Enjoy!

Goodbye Elorah!

2009-09-26T18:16:00.000-07:00

This was my previous Idea for 4th year, sadly I've moved on from it and am working on something else. Have so much art for it, so as to not waste it, I'll post some here =)
Enjoy.

Boards for fun

2009-02-20T10:25:00.001-08:00

Storyboards for a short, action analysis type animation I plan on doing. This was fun, I really enjoyed boarding this story, and although this is just a small part of the full story, I figured I should share some of it here. Consider it a sampler =).

AA Layout

2008-11-28T20:29:00.000-08:00

The Action Analysis layout. I used reference, but I don't know the name of the artist. If anyone knows, I would also like to. KTHX!

Bored and Somewhat productive

2008-11-18T21:50:00.001-08:00

Hey all!

Random digipainting I started a few nights ago. Worked on it on and off since then, and I've gotten at the point where I know I'm not going to finish it. Total time equals however long The 40 year old Virgin is, plus a few minutes in class >>.
feedback much appreciated.

Work Book page, thing...

2008-10-25T13:13:00.000-07:00

Was anyone else as confused as I was when we had to get this ready...? Anyway, work book page for "layout" class. I say "layout" in a sad attempt to to show my anger towards that class. Seriously, why aren't we learning layout in our layout class...?

Angry.......>=(

Antoine Design Pack

2008-05-30T15:18:00.001-07:00

Antoine is a ferret who lives in France ^^. A character I made for class. More coming soon.

Character Concepts

2008-05-14T23:47:00.000-07:00

The first in a series of digital paintings I'm working on. More will be added later, and then cleaned up a bit.

* Added the second one. One more for these then moving on to other stuff.

Characters Coloured

2008-05-10T09:42:00.001-07:00

The colour versions of the characters I posted earlier. Advice and tips greatly appreciated ^_^.

More people starring O_O

2008-04-29T14:20:00.000-07:00

Some random mall drawings I did over the past few days. Need more! *Runs to the mall*

-D

2008-04-26T22:03:00.000-07:00

Here are some character concepts I did for a contest last week. The guy character got colored on time but the chick didn't x_x. Kinda sad about that. You had to use a style from a newly released game for the characters you submitted and I think I got it lookin' pretty close. Enjoy!

-D

School Year Stuff

2008-04-25T17:24:00.001-07:00

Long time no post, heh heh. Here's the exterior project we had in Painting class, waaaaaay earlier int he semestre. I liked it, so I'll share ^_^. Also, some random painting practice stuff I've been doing. Still a lot to lear but I'm happy with these.

-D

L'ange Noir

2007-12-05T22:45:00.001-08:00

Umm, dunno what to say. Digital Painting practise I guess. I need more feedback! You, all of you out there, Share with me your INFINITE WISDOM! I needs it! Needs it so bad! Well, I can at least thank Garret and Tobie for the help I got on this one. Thanks! ^^

Ciao!

.....Share?

Café Sketches (Just an excuse to stare at People)

2007-12-05T22:36:00.000-08:00

Done in the last little while. I have more but these are the more recent, funner ones ^^. I really learned something doing all this: Human beings are weird. Serioulsy, it's scary how weird sometimes lol. Enjoys!

Life Drawings (Oh the nudity!)

2007-11-09T23:55:00.000-08:00

Here are some life drawings. Drawn from life. They say people who go to life drawing too much don't have lives...get it? Cuz its life drawing and you're there all the time and...Im done.

Ahh the warmth

2007-10-21T23:31:00.001-07:00

I like this picture ^^. I need more like these.

Thanks Danny.

Killing Spree

2007-10-21T23:22:00.000-07:00

Umm...The title is a long story... Maybe for another day lol. It was originally a knife in his hands. Then I thought I could use this for something, and will be turning it into my logo/insignia for stuff.

I don't kill people...>>

It's a Zoo here

2007-10-21T23:17:00.000-07:00

I'm slowly getting into the habbit of Updating this thing. Here are a few animal sketches from when said animals came to school, a few weeks ago. I handed in this assignement late...but who cares. It's only Sybil >= ( (That was mean...I apologize)

Distraction

2007-10-14T00:36:00.001-07:00

Some random 2-tone studies I did over the summer. I'm just trying to keep this thing running until i can put up real work lol/ Trying to scan/photograph my life drawings. Chaeck that out soon...or eventually>>

2007-05-22T00:44:00.001-07:00

Ehhhg..I wasn't sure if I really wanted to post this...but I guess it can't hurt...This is the still life painting assignement we had. I'm not a great painter, but with the constant hmk we get in that class I'm hoping to improve ^^. I think I'll put up some of my Life drawings to redeem myself lol.

Ship Design

2007-05-22T00:41:00.001-07:00

Ahh Yeah lol. I forgot I had this..*both the blog and the drawing lol* This is my final Layout. I made a demon ship, while my friend Kal made an angel ship and my other friend Patricia made a God ship. They all turned out pretty cool. ^^

Ferret Character Design

2007-03-08T20:28:00.000-08:00

This was a Charater Design Assignement. We had to use an animal and make it interact with a cup and a chair. Here it is ^^. And it's not an Otter...

ROM

2007-02-08T00:11:00.000-08:00

And now here a a few ROM life drawings. And yes, if you were wondering, that is in fact, a naked man torso. It's the headless statue of a man's torso. And it is Naked. Naked man torso, lol. I like the cheetah the best. So lifeless. and the bird was fun.

LOL. Giant albatros. I'm done.

Winter Fair. Moo

2007-02-08T00:06:00.000-08:00

Yes, I know...I haven't used this thing in a while >>, Anyway just a few Winterfair Drawings for the portfolio that was due back in...November? I think is was then, lol. >>

Enjoy. And Cows smell. Just thought I'd warn you.

Blown Away

2006-10-15T23:51:00.000-07:00

Okay, just something to show that I haven't forgotten that this blog exists. Nothing too great, just basically took something from my sketch book and posted it. Yes I know; too many drawings of the same character >_>, But he's so cool. Also need to thank a few people for the color version; Fraeya, Daphne and Ti all taught me a few things and I experimented with it, lol. Anyways Enjoys.

i-mage

2006-08-15T14:46:00.000-07:00

Not image (as in drawing) but i-mage (as in an "i" with the word mage...) Haha, for all you DA users this is just a repeat, but I loved this image (yes the drawing) so much that I had to post it here too. This took no time to do. Did it in 2 or three hours on my day off during art fundies =P. So yesh, that's that. No idea when I'll post anymore art though; Have to get my oakville computer all fixed up. Anyways, Tah Tah.

Broken

2006-08-12T16:24:00.000-07:00

Ah Yeah. The character I used in my portfolio for Sheridan's Animation program. Just thought it would be fun to actually color him and all. Colored and Cell shaded on Photoshop.

Let's get Started.

2006-08-09T11:00:00.000-07:00

Talk about being on a bangwagon (bandwagon? watever) I just joined another online community. I can't even count how many that is now, but oh well. I'll use this to post some of my Sheridan work. Keep a look out for it ;)